MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '18 at 21:22
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 84 2-Core 160 68% 113 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 506 48% 397 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3603) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 184 Parallax 187 102% 165 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 177 Splatting 118 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,062 Write 3,413 Mixed 3,420 809% 3,632 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 53.9 174% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 15.8 71% 162 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 332GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 117 117 117 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 116 Write 110 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 116 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 70%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 843GB free Firmware: HP70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 180 183 177 184 182 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 65 Write 148 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 181 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2 359% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 2x8GB 2,913 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.5% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 19 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 13.9 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 72%

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Typical 970 GAMING (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 2,303 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	960x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	412x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	264x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	166x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	149x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	141x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	140x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	47x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	34x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16